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says that once all the associated felds Exploration Worldwide and Eurogas are fully operational, production will International for 87.5% interest and ramp up to more than 20,000boe/d. operatorship in the Sfax offshore exploration permit and the Ras El Besh

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Gina Krog gets FPSO

Statoil will build a foating produc- The Sfax offshore exploration permit tion storage and offoading vessel and the Ras El Besh concession are in for use on the Gina Krog feld in the the Gulf of Gabes and cover 3296sq km,

Norwegian sector of the North Sea. mostly offshore in shallow waters. An

The FPSO will be converted from the initial work plan includes drilling two

L shuttle tanker, Randgrid, currently exploration/appraisal wells in 2014, one Chariot extends Morocco 67% owned by Teekay Offshore. on the Salloum discovery and the other licenses

Teekay said the cost of the conver- on the Jawhara discovery. Chariot Oil & Gas Ltd. and the Offce sion and purchase of the remaining 33% would be about $220 million.

Conversion completion is expected in the 1Q 2017.

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Euroil, Shell farmin

UK-based Ithaca Energy has agreed to farm-out deals with Euroil and Shell for several North Sea blocks. Euroil, a subsidiary of Edison International, will take a 25% interest in Ithaca’s west of Shetland licenses P1631 and

P1832. The licenses hold Handcross, a Palaeocene prospect in the Judd

Basin. Ithaca retains 45% and opera- torship with RWE Dea (20%) and

Sussex Energy (10%).

Shell will take a 50% stake in pro- duction license P2048, covering blocks 29/24, 29/25, 29/29, and 29/30, leav- ing Ithaca with 50%. Commitments include gathering 500sq km of 3D seis- mic, which Shell will pay for as part of the farm-out agreement.

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DNO increases Tunisia acreage

DNO International is increasing its acreage offshore Tunisia and plans to drill next year. Its subsidiary DNO

Tunisia AS has entered a farm-in agreement with Atlas Petroleum oedigital.com oe_0713_Global Briefs.indd 19 6/25/13 12:31 AM